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title: marionette — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «marionette» in the school dictionary: A marionette is a puppet, a doll moved by strings held from above. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# marionette

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**Who acts:** marionette, first pranks · **What happens:** be, move, hold, hate, read, dance · **To what, where:** puppet, doll, strings, chick peas, marionette

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«marionette» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [marionette in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/marionette.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A marionette is a puppet, a doll moved by strings held from above.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marionette:m1:1
# text = A marionette is a puppet, a doll moved by strings held from above.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marionette	marionette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	puppet	puppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	above	above	ADV	RB	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a marionette | a puppet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | participle |  | a doll *not said here* |  |  |  | by strings | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by string=Trajectory |
| 3 | **hold** | participle |  | strings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The marionette had always hated chick-peas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marionette:x1:1
# text = The marionette had always hated chick-peas.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marionette	marionette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	hated	hate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past · perfect | the marionette | chick peas |  |  |  | always *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pea=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The first pranks of the marionette were fun to read about.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marionette:x2:1
# text = The first pranks of the marionette were fun to read about.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	pranks	prank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	marionette	marionette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the first pranks of the marionette |  |  |  |  | fun *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | the first pranks of the marionette *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The marionette danced on its strings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marionette:x3:1
# text = The marionette danced on its strings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	marionette	marionette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	danced	dance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | participle |  | the marionette *not said here* |  | marionette's strings |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on string=Location |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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